Public Reel

WATERFRONT AT MIDNIGHT

the leader of a gang of waterfront thieves. Credits; Producers, William H. Pine, William C. Thomas; director, William Berke; film editor, Howard Smith; original screenplay, Bernard Girard; music score, Harry Lubin. Cast: William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis, Richard Crane, Cheryl Walker

Registration LP1693 No renewal found

Term began
1948-06-25
Claimant
Paramount Pictures, Inc
Class
LP — published photoplay (numbering series begun 1946)
Finding
no renewal entry found for 1975-1977 in the CCE motion-picture renewal sections
In the public domain since
1 January 1977 (end of the 28th year, no renewal)

A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and no matching renewal was found. A work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year.

A renewal had to be filed in the 28th year and would be listed in the 1975 or 1976 volume; volumes searched: 1975, 1976, 1977.

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Catalog entry

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, 1948, Internet Archive catalogofcopyrig321213lib (OCR text), lines 14730–14742.

York police officer brings to justice the 
leader of a gang of waterfront thieves. 

Credits; Producers, William H. Pine, 
William C. Thomas; director, William 
Berke; film editor, Howard Smith; original 
screenplay, Bernard Girard; music score, 
Harry Lubin. Cast: William Gargan, 
Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis, 
Richard Crane, Cheryl Walker, 

© Paramount Pictures, Inc.; 25Jun48; 
LP1693. 

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